Police arrest man in stabbing incident

Columbus police have arrested an Elizabethtown man in connection with a stabbing early last week in southeast Columbus.

Jonathan E. Sapp, 39, of 9920 W. County Road 750N, was being held Monday on a preliminary charge of battery causing serious bodily injury while armed with a deadly weapon.

Sapp was arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 51-year-old man during a March 23 fight at a residence near the south end of McClure Road, according to Sgt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman.

Although the victim, whom police are not identifying, was hospitalized with a punctured left lung and bruised spleen, he has been released and is recovering at home, Harris said.

While the suspect fled before officers arrived shortly before 6:30 p.m. at a home near McKinley Avenue, the victim was able to lead investigators to Sapp, Harris said.